{"id":92620,"date":"2017-09-05T07:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T12:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92620"},"modified":"2017-09-05T07:18:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T12:18:29","slug":"cc-teams-compete-at-col-grove-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/05\/cc-teams-compete-at-col-grove-invite\/","title":{"rendered":"CC teams compete at Col. Grove Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/<\/strong>independent sports editor<\/em><\/p>\n

COLUMBUS GROVE — Van Wert County\u2019s cross country teams fared well, during Saturday\u2019s Columbus Grove Invitational.<\/p>\n

Lincolnview brought home runner-up trophies, with the boys finishing second to Minster, and the girls finishing second to the host Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

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Lincolnview’s cross country teams earned runner-up honors at the Columbus Grove Invitational.<\/strong> (Lincolnview photo)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Karter Tow led the Lancers with a fifth place finish (16:33). Jacob Keysor placed 11th (16:58), Alek Bowersock 15th (17:09), Devon Bill 26th (17:32), and Joe Sadowski 71st (18:38). Rounding out the varsity were Noah Daegar in 19:07 and Rickie Welker in 19:27.<\/p>\n

The Lady Lancers were led by freshman Madison Langdon who placed 19th overall in 21:06. Rylee Byrne placed 23rd (21:15), Victoria Snyder 27th (21:27), Brayden Langdon 30th (21:51), Madeline Snyder 31st (21:52), Alena Looser 38th (22:05), Dylann Carey 55th (22:42), and Annie Mendenhall 59th (23:01).<\/p>\n

\u201cThe boys had a solid day,\u201d Lincolnview cross country coach Matt Langdon said. \u201cWe ran a smart race and really attacked the last part of the course.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the girls learn to balance racing smart and being aggressive, the pack should slowly move closer to the front of the race,” Langdon added. \u201cWhen that happens, we will begin to realize our full potential as a team.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Van Wert Cougars finished fourth on the boys\u2019 side, while the girls finished 10th.<\/p>\n

Jacob Wasson finished 11th overall, running a 16:51 to lead the Cougars. Cal Wolfrum fought through sickness to finish behind Wasson in 17th place with a time of 17:11. Gage Chiles finished 28th while running a 17:20 and Keaton Brown came in 30th (17:22). Anthony Borack (17:57) placed 52nd , Max Sealscott 53rd (17:57), and Charlie Pauquette 63rd (18:14).<\/p>\n

\u201cOur varsity guys\u2019 efforts were there today, but it wasn\u2019t our best team performance,\u201d \u00a0Van Wert coach Ryan Holliday explained. \u201cWe didn\u2019t get out in the first 400 meters quite fast enough and found ourselves in a position that was tough to get out of. We moved up nicely from mile one and on, but the gap was too much to overcome.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe good news is that it\u2019s our third meet of the season,\u201d Holliday added. \u201cWe\u2019ll learn from this and continue to get better,\u201d<\/p>\n

On the girls\u2019 side, an ankle injury kept Van Wert\u2019s top runner, (Caylee Phillips) from finishing the race. Jerica Huebner was the first finisher for the Lady Cougars, crossing the line in 49th place with a 21:53. Ali Gemmer ran the fastest time of her career (22:29, 58th), and Rachel Spath finished in 62nd place while running a 22:45. Kaylee Okuly (86th, 23:35) and Caton Williamson (107th, 24:33) rounded out scoring for the Lady Cougars.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had some really nice individual performances today,\u201d coach Emily Holliday said. \u201cAli really stepped up big, especially with Caylee going down. The girls are continuing to get valuable racing experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Crestview boys\u2019 country team finished fifth, with Wyatt Richardson placing sixth overall in a personal record time of 16:38. He was followed by Gabe Smith, Tyler White, Danil Lichtensteiger, and Dayton Schuerman.<\/p>\n

The girls placed sixth, and were led by Ashley Bowen in eighth and Ragen Harting in 12th. They were followed by Lizzie Bowen, Lydia Saylor and Kenzie Leeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SCOTT TRUXELL\/independent sports editor COLUMBUS GROVE — Van Wert County\u2019s cross country teams fared well, during Saturday\u2019s Columbus Grove Invitational. Lincolnview brought home runner-up trophies, with the boys finishing second to Minster, and the girls finishing second to the host Bulldogs. Karter Tow led the Lancers with a fifth place finish (16:33). Jacob Keysor placed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-03 05:15:19","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92620\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}